To rethink development is an essential task if the term is to have any meaning for us at all. As an area of study and as a policy intervention in the global South, it has taken on an absolutist, yet at the same time a somewhat vacuous, character. While the modalities and theories of [...]
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Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary
Book Launch | Gleebooks | Wednesday 9th October, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
RSVP: HERE
After decades of so-called ‘development’, the world is in crisis. Crucial conditions for life on Earth are failing, and [...]
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In some of the most powerful and engaging passages in Capital in 1867 Karl Marx wrote about the systematic fraud at the heart of market relations. Fraud, adulteration of food (a topic close to Marx’s heart) and corruption, were elements of capitalist development from the earliest days. As [...]
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FILM SCREENING: DISASTER CAPITALISM
Monday 7th May, 6:30PM Hoyts Cinema Broadway in Sydney
Including a Q&A with:
Antony Lowenstein, writer/co-producer of Disaster Capitalism Dr Ruth Saovana, Bougainville People’s Research Centre James Goodman, Chair Aid/WatchBUY [...]
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‘Poverty’ is one of those issues that receives extended and diverse attention globally. After all, the reduction and eradication of extreme poverty have been at the top of the global ‘development agenda’ since the 1990s. The United Nations enshrined the global community’s commitment to [...]
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The publication of every issue of the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) is an occasion for celebration, but No. 78 of JAPE, focusing on ‘global economic inequalities and development’ warrants even more celebration. This is the first time in over three decades that JAPE has taken [...]
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In 2014, Ben Selwyn published the book The Global Development Crisis, in which he critically engages with market-led and state-led developmental models alike. Importantly, he puts forward the novel concept of labour centred development. In this blog post, I will discuss the main [...]
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Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney), 'Climate, Water, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Can a Post-Development Political Ecology do Better?'
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